A five-year, $1.2 million grant to the University of New Orleans from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will underwrite a study of blue crabs, brown shrimp and white shrimp in the northern Gulf of Mexico. UNO PI is Marty O'Connel. Partnering institutions include USM and USA. Check out the story at: http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2012/08/uno_scientists_given_12_millio.html#incart_river_default